Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta News

Diverted sewage to the El Salado estuary in Puerto Vallarta was intentional

The El Salado estuary in Puerto Vallarta received an uninterrupted flow of sewage for three days due to a broken collector of 1.2 meters in diameter, not by accident, but a technical decision, revealed the secretary of Integrated Water Management, Jorge Gastón González, although this constitutes a crime as stipulated in the Criminal Code of Jalisco.

According to the official, when the sanitary infrastructure collapsed, they preferred that the sewage contaminate the protected natural area (ANP) rather than to run through the streets of Puerto Vallarta; However, this resulted in the water from the estuary running out . . .

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